The United States warned tourists: Turkey is not safe. Turkey warns its tourists: The United States is not safe.
Washington deemed it unsafe for Americans citizens to remain in Turkey, following extremists’ threats to “kidnap and assassinate westerners and US citizens.” Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, reacted to the move by saying that Istanbul or capital Ankara were “not more unsafe than any US state.”
Turkije heeft een reiswaarschuwing afgegeven aan zijn burgers in de VS en hen aangespoord weg te blijven van de aanhoudende protesten tegen de overwinning van Donald Trump bij de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen.
The country’s foreign ministry urged the Turks to avoid the rallies, undertake necessary security measures at home and work, as well as immediately inform the police in the case that they might become victims of racist abuse or an attack.The special alert applies to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland and Portland, where one person was injured in an armed attack on Saturday.The statement by the ministry warned that anti-Trump gatherings “occasionally featured acts of crime and violence” and led to detentions being made by security officers, the Daily Sabah paper reported.“Based on demonstrators’ social media posts, it’s clear the demonstrations will likely continue for some time,” benadrukte de verklaring.
Het ministerie adviseerde burgers ook om de aankondigingen op haar eigen website en de webpagina van de Turkse ambassade in Washington te volgen, evenals de aankondigingen in lokale Amerikaanse media.
